As 2018 comes to a close and the new year rolls in, HEKKTA brings you our property portal which has a look back at the year just gone, aswell as looking ahead to what lies in store for the architecture and property world. ___________________________________________________________________ OMA unveil their plans for a new stadium for Dutch football [...]

This week's big news in the world of property & architecture is the unveiling of the main stadium for the Qatar 2022 Football World Cup - the Lusail Stadium. _______________________________________________________________________ Qatar have released new designs and visuals for the main stadium of the controversial 2022 Football World Cup in Qatar. The 80,000 capacity Lasail Stadium [...]

The big hitting headlines of the last week included the revealing of the RIBA House of The Year 2018, the government's announcement to appoint a new head of UK architecture and also criticism towards Foster + Partners' new skyscraper The Tulip. _________________________________________________________________________ Putting simple sustainability at the heart of this year's awards, the winner of [...]

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Zaha Hadid Architects have dominated the past week's headlines for both good and bad reasons, and the new UK architectural commission comes under further scrutiny. Read on to find out more. ________________________________________________________________________ Zaha Hadid Architects have unveiled their plans to create a 'people-centric' smart city to the west of the Russian capital of Moscow. Joined [...]

A new UK government commission, which aims to protect 'good design', has come under attack by architects; and the designs of the new Lord's stands have been revealed in this week's property and architecture headlines. Read on to find out more. Designs for Lord's new stands have been revealed, created by Wilkinson Eyre. The new [...]

This week a huge renovation to London's Royal Opera House was completed, whilst the first visions of what a hyperloop station might look like were revealed at a HyperSummit. ________________________________________________________________________ Stanton Williams have completed their major renovation of the world famous London Royal Opera House, in which they aimed to open up the auditorium to [...]

The 2018 Russia World Cup kicked off last night, with a five-goal thriller signalling the start of a month of football mania. Any host nation will know that putting on a world cup is no easy feat, and potentially the hardest part is finding a place to play all of the 64 matches. So HEKKTA [...]

The Venice Architecture Biennale kicked off this week, so we take a look at the highlights so far - aswell as bringing you the latest news in the world of property & architecture. ______________________________________________________________ Patrik Schumacher has launched an attack on the curators of the national pavilions at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which he claims [...]

A series of new skyscraper projects have been announced this week by some big architecture firms around the globe, aswell as some landmark developments nearing completion. There are also a flurry of huge development schemes set for construction around the UK. Architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill have announced their plans to build Chicago's second [...]

Venue experts Populous are dominating the headlines this week as the firm unveils new visuals for the MSG Sphere London in Stratford as well as announcing their plan to build North America's first eSports stadium in Texas. Other stories in the news include further light being shed on the gender pay gap scandal as more [...]